MARGARET ATWOOD has published over fifty books. As a child she lived in the forests of northern Canada where her father was a field biologist, and has been watching birds all her life. With her spouse, Graeme Gibson - author of The Bedside Book of Birds - she was for ten years the co-president of the Rare Bird Club of Birdlife International, the world's largest conservation organization. They co-founded the Pelee Island Bird Observatory on Pelee Island, a stopover point for migrating birds on one of North America's major flyways: the birds that land there have overcome all the hazards facing them in For the Birds. She has seen many wonderful birds during her life and travels, and she hopes you will, too.

JÚLIA SARDÀ is an illustrator from Barcelona. She began her studies at the Fine Arts University of Barcelona, but then switched to a graphic arts course at an illustration school to focus more on her technique and to prepare herself for an illustration career. She worked as a colorist in a studio making editorial merchandise for Disney and Disney Pixar. Two years later she bravely set off on her own as a freelance illustrator. She began working on concept art for video games where she honed her own style and developed her vision. Now she works mostly in children's illustration and has had the pleasure of illustrating some of her favourite classics including Alice in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.